IN-03: Montagano Surging in New Poll

Cooper & Secrest for Mike Montagano (10/6-7, likely voters, 9/9-10 and April in parens):

Mike Montagano (D): 39 (37, 28)

Mark Souder (R-inc): 44 (50, 55)

William Larsen (L): 4

(MoE: ±4.4%)

Those are some very exciting numbers for Democrat Mike Montagano, who is running an excellent race against do-nothing GOP congressman Mark Souder. Remember, this is an R+16 district in the corner of Northeast Indiana — a district that Bush carried by 37 points in 2004, but also one that Souder won by a pathetic 54-46 margin in 2006.

Here’s the best nugget of the poll: Among those who have seen Montagano’s ads, he leads Souder by 53-32. If he can continue to get his message out, he has a fighting chance in this deep red district.